[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21485]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent at 9:10 this 
evening, the pending amendment, No. 5036, be withdrawn, the bill be 
read the third time, and Senator Salazar be recognized for 5 minutes, 
Senator Bingaman for 5 minutes, Senator Craig for 5 minutes, Senator 
Reid for 3 minutes, Senator Frist for 3 minutes, and the Senate proceed 
immediately to a vote on passage, with no intervening action or debate; 
and I further ask consent that following that vote, the Senate proceed 
as under the rule to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to concur on S. 403; I further ask consent if cloture is not 
invoked, the Senate proceed immediately to the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 5441, the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference 
Report, and there be 5 minutes equally divided for debate prior to a 
vote on adoption of the conference report.
  I further ask consent that if cloture is invoked on the motion to 
concur to S. 403, the pending amendments be withdrawn and the Senate 
vote on the motion, with no intervening action or debate; and further, 
the Senate proceed as above to the Homeland Security conference report.
  I also ask following the vote on the Homeland Security conference 
report, Senator Lautenberg be in control of 10 minutes, Senator Collins 
for 5 minutes, Senator Stevens for 5 minutes; the Senate proceed to a 
vote on the conference report to accompany H.R. 4954, the port security 
conference report, if the papers are received from the House and they 
are identical to those at the desk currently, with no intervening 
action or debate; further, I ask that if the papers have not arrived 
from the House, then upon receipt of those papers, the Senate proceed 
to its consideration, again, only if those papers are identical to 
those at the desk currently, then the conference report be agreed to 
and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  I further ask consent that following the vote on the port security 
conference report, H.R. 5441, if port security has not arrived, then 
the Senate proceed to consideration of H. Con. Res. 483, the 
adjournment resolution; provided further, that Senator Levin be 
recognized to speak for up to 10 minutes, and following that time, the 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In my capacity as a Senator, I ask the 
Senator to read again what the Senate is doing with the port security 
bill.
  Mr. FRIST. The Senate proceed to the vote on the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4954, the port security conference report, if the papers 
are received from the House and they are identical to those that are at 
the desk currently, with no intervening action or debate; further, I 
ask that if the papers have not arrived from the House, then upon 
receipt of those papers the Senate proceed to its consideration, again, 
only if those papers are identical to those at the desk currently, then 
the conference report be agreed to, with the motion to reconsider laid 
upon the table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. I appreciate the courtesy.
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, let me briefly outline--because that 
wording is very complicated--what that means. At approximately 9:30 we 
will begin voting and we will have a vote on the border fence. 
Following that, we have a cloture motion to concur with the House on 
child custody. That also would be a rollcall vote. Following that, 
there is a short period of debate on Homeland Security, and we have a 
third rollcall vote on Homeland Security. Following that, port security 
will be dealt with, which should not require a rollcall vote, and the 
adjournment resolution, which should not require a rollcall vote.
  Thus, we would have three rollcall votes in this unanimous consent 
request.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Democratic leader.
  Mr. REID. It took 2 minutes to read this but it took a lot longer 
than that to get the 2 minutes in writing.
  I appreciate everyone's cooperation, Democrats and Republicans. This 
is not a perfect end of this session. However, I think it shows there 
has been tremendous cooperation today, and we will have more to say at 
a later time. Thanks, everyone.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Colorado is recognized. 
The Senator 9 minutes and 19 seconds.

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